Meaning of "sabotage" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SABOTAGE

From French, from saboter to spoil through clumsiness (literally: to clatter in sabots).

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SABOTAGE

sabotage  [ˈsæbəˌtɑːʒ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SABOTAGE

Sabotage is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb sabotage in English.

WHAT DOES SABOTAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sabotage

Sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening a polity or corporation through subversion, obstruction, disruption, or destruction. In a workplace setting, sabotage is the conscious withdrawal of efficiency generally directed at causing some change in workplace conditions. One who engages in sabotage is a saboteur. Saboteurs typically try to conceal their identities because of the consequences of their actions.

Definition of sabotage in the English dictionary

The first definition of sabotage in the dictionary is the deliberate destruction, disruption, or damage of equipment, a public service, etc, as by enemy agents, dissatisfied employees, etc. Other definition of sabotage is any similar action or behaviour. Sabotage is also to destroy, damage, or disrupt, esp by secret means.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SABOTAGE

PRESENT

Present

I sabotage

you sabotage

he/she/it sabotages

we sabotage

you sabotage

they sabotage

Present continuous

I am sabotaging

you are sabotaging

he/she/it is sabotaging

we are sabotaging

you are sabotaging

they are sabotaging

Present perfect

I have sabotaged

you have sabotaged

he/she/it has sabotaged

we have sabotaged

you have sabotaged

they have sabotaged

Present perfect continuous

I have been sabotaging

you have been sabotaging

he/she/it has been sabotaging

we have been sabotaging

you have been sabotaging

they have been sabotaging

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I sabotaged

you sabotaged

he/she/it sabotaged

we sabotaged

you sabotaged

they sabotaged

Past continuous

I was sabotaging

you were sabotaging

he/she/it was sabotaging

we were sabotaging

you were sabotaging

they were sabotaging

Past perfect

I had sabotaged

you had sabotaged

he/she/it had sabotaged

we had sabotaged

you had sabotaged

they had sabotaged

Past perfect continuous

I had been sabotaging

you had been sabotaging

he/she/it had been sabotaging

we had been sabotaging

you had been sabotaging

they had been sabotaging

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will sabotage

you will sabotage

he/she/it will sabotage

we will sabotage

you will sabotage

they will sabotage

Future continuous

I will be sabotaging

you will be sabotaging

he/she/it will be sabotaging

we will be sabotaging

you will be sabotaging

they will be sabotaging

Future perfect

I will have sabotaged

you will have sabotaged

he/she/it will have sabotaged

we will have sabotaged

you will have sabotaged

they will have sabotaged

Future perfect continuous

I will have been sabotaging

you will have been sabotaging

he/she/it will have been sabotaging

we will have been sabotaging

you will have been sabotaging

they will have been sabotaging

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would sabotage

you would sabotage

he/she/it would sabotage

we would sabotage

you would sabotage

they would sabotage

Conditional continuous

I would be sabotaging

you would be sabotaging

he/she/it would be sabotaging

we would be sabotaging

you would be sabotaging

they would be sabotaging

Conditional perfect

I would have sabotage

you would have sabotage

he/she/it would have sabotage

we would have sabotage

you would have sabotage

they would have sabotage

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been sabotaging

you would have been sabotaging

he/she/it would have been sabotaging

we would have been sabotaging

you would have been sabotaging

they would have been sabotaging

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you sabotage
we let´s sabotage
you sabotage

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to sabotage

Past participle

sabotaged

Present Participle

sabotaging

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «SABOTAGE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «sabotage» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of sabotage

cripple · damage · destroy · destruction · disable · disrupt · disruption · incapacitate · interference · interrupt · interruption · intrude · intrusion · obstruct · obstruction · ruin · spoil · subvert · undermine · vandalism · vandalize · wreck · wrecking

TRANSLATION OF SABOTAGE

Find out the translation of sabotage to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of sabotage from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sabotage» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 破坏
• Translator English - Spanish: sabotaje
• English: sabotage
• Translator English - Hindi: तोड़फोड़
• Translator English - Arabic: عَمْلٌ تَخْرِيبِيّ
• Translator English - Russian: саботаж
• Translator English - Portuguese: sabotagem
• Translator English - Bengali: অন্তর্ঘাত
• Translator English - French: sabotage
• Translator English - Malay: Sabotaj
• Translator English - German: Sabotage
• Translator English - Japanese: 故意の破壊
• Translator English - Korean: 방해 행위
• Translator English - Javanese: Sabotase
• Translator English - Vietnamese: sự phá hoại
• Translator English - Tamil: நாசவேலை
• Translator English - Marathi: तोडगा
• Translator English - Turkish: sabotaj
• Translator English - Italian: sabotaggio
• Translator English - Polish: sabotaż
• Translator English - Ukrainian: саботаж
• Translator English - Romanian: sabotaj
• Translator English - Greek: σαμποτάζ
• Translator English - Afrikaans: sabotasie
• Translator English - Swedish: sabotage
• Translator English - Norwegian: sabotasje

10 QUOTES WITH «SABOTAGE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sabotage.

1

Michael Buble

I have a tendency to sabotage relationships; I have a tendency to sabotage everything. Fear of success, fear of failure, fear of being afraid. Useless, good-for-nothing thoughts.

2

Win Butler

It's a lot easier to sabotage your career than to have a career to sabotage.

3

Sandra Cisneros

I was a terrible student. Still, I managed to get into college, but my daydreaming threatened to sabotage me. I used behavior modification to break the cycle. I started by setting an arbitrary time limit on studying: for every 15 minutes of study, I'd allow myself an hour of daydreaming. I set the alarm.

4

Glenn Danzig

We've had a lot of agencies try and sabotage our tour.

5

Noah Feldman

Cyber attacks are not what makes the cool war 'cool.' As a strategic matter, they do not differ fundamentally from older tools of espionage and sabotage.

6

Katharine Graham

If we had failed to pursue the facts as far as they led, we would have denied the public any knowledge of an unprecedented scheme of political surveillance and sabotage.

7

Robin Marantz Henig

Many of us are tethered to bodies that sabotage us in our struggle to keep from getting fat, or to slim down when we do.

8

Adolf Hitler

Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination. This is the war of the future.

9

Daniel Johns

There's an inherent thing in me where, if things are going too smooth, I'll sabotage the hell out of them, just to make the music more of a sanctuary.

10

LaToya London

It's funny, we all really, really got along. I don't know how it was in years past but this year, I was really with a good group of people. No one tried to sabotage each other or steal the other ones moments.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SABOTAGE»

Discover the use of sabotage in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sabotage and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Sabotage Surrender: Book Three in the Sabotage Mystery Trilogy

It's time for the final ceremony of the River Heights Celebration, where four candiates are going for the Mahoney Scholarhip.

Carolyn Keene, 2011

Secret Sabotage: Book One in the Sabotage Mystery Trilogy

This beginning of a brand-new trilogy follows Nancy’s adventures at a creepy carnival. Nancy needs to find out who is writing the gossipy Burn Book Blog and, later, passing along threatening notes to popular girl Lexi Claremont.

Carolyn Keene, 2010

Serial Sabotage: Book Two in the Sabotage Mystery Trilogy

Seeing Green is the stunning conclusion to this smart, three-book case and brings Nancy and company back to River Heights, where they continue to investigate Green Solutions, the shady American company that is defrauding Casa Verde.

Carolyn Keene, 2010

Sabotaged

Andrea doesn’t seem that interested in leaving the past. And even worse, it appears that someone has deliberately sabotaged their mission.

Margaret Peterson Haddix, 2010

Losing the Race: Self-sabotage in Black America

A professor of linguistics paints a controversial portrait of defeatism and pessimism in black America that threatens to hold young African Americans back.

John H. McWhorter, 2000

Relationship Sabotage: Unconscious Factors that Destroy ...

Explains how and why unconscious forces, or imprints, cause many people to destroy their relationships, and what we can do to recognize and counter those forces.

‎2006

Working, Shirking, and Sabotage: Bureaucratic Response to a ...

Examines who influences how federal, state, and local bureaucrats allocate their efforts

John Brehm, Scott Gates, 1999

Summer of Sabotage

When someone is causing accidents at the local waterpark, Daniel and Aaron decide to figure out who it is.

Bob Temple, 2008

Office Dirty Tricks: 50 Ways to Sabotage Your Coworkers and ...

Subtitled "50 Ways to Sabotage Your Coworkers and Bluff Your Way to the Top", this handy little office guide divulges the inside track on the Brown-Nosed Kneeler and the Cubicle-Nesting Time Killer.

Hunter S. Fulghum, 2000

From Sabotage to Success: How to Overcome Self-Defeating ...

This book is infused with inspiring personal stories of how she overcame addiction, abusive relationships and poverty. This book can give you a sense of hope that change is possible for you.

Sheri O. Zampelli, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SABOTAGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sabotage is used in the context of the following news items.

RAW tried to sabotage Zimbabwe cricket team's Pakistan tour?

He claimed in the Punjab assembly in Lahore that the Indian agency had attempted to sabotage the Zimbabwe cricket team's tour, which concluded successfully ... «Hindustan Times, Jun 15»

Nun, 85, in nuclear protest set to remain free after sabotage charge …

Anti-nuclear weapons activists, from left, Michael Walli, Sister Megan Rice and Greg Boertje-Obed were initially sentenced to nearly five years each for ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»

Sabotage Charges Dropped Against 85-Year-Old Anti-Nuclear Nun …

Imprisoned over a year ago for a nonviolent protest at a nuclear storage facility, Rice was released Saturday after an appeals court overturned her sabotage ... «Mintpress News, May 15»

Court Throws Out Nun's Sabotage Conviction For Nuclear Site …

From the moment she was taken into custody in 2012, outside a building that stores enriched uranium in Oak Ridge, Tenn., Sister Megan Rice has argued she ... «NPR, May 15»

Sabotage convictions overturned for Y-12 protesters

The panel overturned the trio's sabotage charges against Sister Megan Rice, Michael Walli and Greg Boertje-Obed. The 2-1 opinion determined the trio's actions ... «WBIR-TV, May 15»

20 Years Later, FBI to Offer New Reward in 'Sunset Limited' Train …

The FBI on Friday will offer a new reward for information leading to the conviction of those responsible for a train derailment caused by an act sabotage in ... «NBCNews.com, Apr 15»

Court to hear sabotage appeal of 85-year-old nun, activists

(AP) – On Thursday, an 85-year-old nun and two fellow Catholic peace activists will ask a federal appeals court in Ohio to overturn convictions for sabotage and ... «WATE-TV, Mar 15»

Libya Pipeline Explosion Called Sabotage

Libyan oil officials have blamed saboteurs for blowing up a pipeline and stopping flows from the country's largest oil field. The fire from the Saturday explosion ... «Wall Street Journal, Feb 15»

CBC denies 'sabotage' allegation against business anchor Amanda …

“There was no 'sabotage' and the notion that 'Lang's efforts to scuttle the story were successful, at first' (as Canadaland reported) is categorically untrue. «The Globe and Mail, Jan 15»

Canadian military on the lookout for spies and sabotage during …

OTTAWA — The Canadian military has been routinely deploying a counter-intelligence team to guard against possible spying, terrorism and sabotage during its ... «National Post, Jan 15»